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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited pays suppliers in 52 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms

CRN 01600117 · Transport & storage · 17 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2026

52daysavg time to pay · H1 2026

Their H1 2026 filing puts the average 8 days inside their stated 60-day term.

Well behindvs a 31-day median across 6,104 recent filers
Their stated terms
60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
71% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
27%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 31 Jul 2026

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2026 filing

Paid 8 days inside the 60-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 17 reports

44 → 52 days — slowing down

The read · computed from their figures

Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited's H1 2026 filing puts their average at 52 days against stated terms of 60 days; 71% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 27% took 61 days or longer. Filed 31 Jul 2026.

The direction is slower: from 44 days in H2 2023 to 52 now — 8 days slower across their last 6 reports.

On the latest reported averages: Slower than 90% of the 245 large companies reporting in transport & storage.

That is 17 statutory periods on record (earliest H1 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing 1% of invoices in dispute

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

Unless otherwise agreed, payment for goods and/or services provided pursuant to an order shall be made within 60 days of the later of a) receipt by us of an invoice from you to us together with such reasonable supporting information as may be required by us to support each respective invoice; and b) delivery of the goods and/or performance of the services.

Dispute resolution

In the event of disputes arising between the Company and suppliers, both parties shall follow the escalation process set out in the contract. Both parties shall use their reasonable endeavours to reach an amicable resolution via this procedure. The specific format for resolution shall be left to the reasonable discretion of the relevant management level; legal action will not be initiated until escalation processes have been followed

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20265271%27%31 Jul 2026
H2 20252662%9%30 Jan 2026
H1 20254983%21%31 Jul 2025
H1 20243857%17%31 Jan 2025
H1 20243754%17%30 Jul 2024
H2 20234451%14%30 Jan 2024
H1 20234353%15%28 Jul 2023
H2 20224048%14%31 Jan 2023
H1 20224851%19%29 Jul 2022
H2 20215458%23%28 Jan 2022
H1 20215564%30%28 Jan 2022
H2 20207868%45%28 Jan 2021
H1 20204550%28%30 Jul 2020
H2 20193432%11%28 Jan 2020
H1 20193128%7%29 Jul 2019
H2 20182818%4%30 Jan 2019
H1 20183125%5%30 Jul 2018

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
26 Nov 1981
Registered office
COMPANY SECRETARIAT - THE VHQ, CRAWLEY, RH10 9DF
64 outstanding charges — secured borrowing registered Accounts due 30 Sept 2027

Open the full record at Companies House.

Quick answers · Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 8 days slower over the window (44 → 52 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report puts the average at day 52; across their last 6 reports it ranged 26–52 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.
What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.
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Is this official government data?
The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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